Teatro alla Scala 2023-24 Review: Guillaume Tell

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The fight for freedom is the human condition. Throughout her new production of Rossini’s final masterwork at the Teatro all Scala, director Chiara Muti washes the stage in black, establishing a dark, gritty, and eternally miserable world in which the main characters of the drama are in a constant struggle for self-determination. But the forces led by Guillaume and Arnold {…}

News, Streaming

Teatro Alla Scala to Stream ‘Guillaume Tell’

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The Teatro alla Scala is set to stream Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” on its streaming platform LaScalaTv. The new production by Chiara Muti will be streamed on April 6 at 6:45 p.m. CEST in HD and will be conducted by Michele Mariotti. The cast includes Salome Jicia, Dmitry Korchak, and Michele Pertusi, as well as Nahuel Di Pierro, Evgeny Stavinsky, Luca {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Guillaume Tell’

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.” The company said, “We inform you that the role of Mathilde in ‘Guillaume Tell’ is entrusted to Salome Jicia instead of Marina Rebeka, forced to withdraw from the production due to health reasons.” Jicia has performed worldwide including Poland, Georgia, and Berlin as well {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Annalisa Stroppa, Lise Davidsen, Luciano Pavarotti & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week you get albums from two very famous singers, a soundtrack to one of this year’s Oscar contenders, and two complete opera recordings you cannot miss. Maestro Deutsche Grammophon releases the official soundtrack to Bradley Cooper’s new film “Maestro.” The recording features {…}

Streaming

Teatro alla Scala to Stream ‘L’amore dei tre re’

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The Teatro alla Scala is set to stream “L’amore dei tre re” on its LaScalatv platform. The stream will take place on Nov. 11 and will star Evgeny Stavinsky, Roman Burdenko, Giorgio Berrugi, Giorgio Misseri, Andrea Tanzillo, Chiara Isotton, and Fan Zhou. Pinchas Steinberg conducts the new production by Àlex Ollé / La Fura dels Baus. “L’amore dei tre re,” features {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: La Forza del Destino

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(Credit: Royal Opera) I suppose anything with “Destiny” in the title will always be a bit profound. In fact, “La Forza” is about as profound and gloomy, if not downright dark as it gets, even by Verdi’s standards. At around four and a half hours, it’s also his longest work. It’s a story of love, death, and revenge. Mainly revenge. {…}

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Ravenna Festival to Present Riccardo Muti & Verdi

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The Ravenna Festival is set to present “a trilogy according to Riccardo Muti.” From Dec. 16 to 22, Muti will lead his Cherubini Orchestra in the semi-staged performances of “Norma” and “Nabucco” and in an all-Verdi gala at the 19th-century Alighieri Theatre. On Dec. 16 and 19, Muti will conduct Bellini’s “Norma” with Klodjan Kaçani, Vittorio De Campo, Monica Conesa, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Palau de Les Arts Review 2022-23: Ernani

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(Photo Credit: Miguel Lorenzo/Mikel Ponce) Valencia closed its 2022-23 season with Verdi’s “Ernani.” The success of their proposal relied on a strong cast, a non-provocative production, and the ardent labour of the young Italian conductor Michele Spotti in the pit. The production, directed by Andrea Bernard, was a co-production with Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The stage simulated a landscape {…}

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Piero Pretti Leads Palau de les Arts’ ‘Ernani’

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The Palau de les Arts in Valencia is set to present Verdi’s “Ernani.” The opera, which is set to be staged by Andrea Bernard, will be performed between June 7 to 18, 2023. Michele Spotti conducts the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana prepared by Francesc Perales and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. “Ernani” is set to star Piero Pretti in {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2023-24 Review: Guillaume Tell

Teatro Alla Scala to Stream ‘Guillaume Tell’

Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Guillaume Tell’

Annalisa Stroppa, Lise Davidsen, Luciano Pavarotti & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Teatro alla Scala to Stream ‘L’amore dei tre re’

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: La Forza del Destino

Ravenna Festival to Present Riccardo Muti & Verdi

Palau de Les Arts Review 2022-23: Ernani

Piero Pretti Leads Palau de les Arts’ ‘Ernani’